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Kaltenes akmeņainā jūrmala

Kaltene's rocky coastline

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The rocky coastline of Kaltene is special and unique in the context of all of Latvia. It is very scenic and romantic, yet at the same time somewhat harsh. Rare formations from the Littorina Sea can be found here. These are sediments with abundant mollusk shell fossils dating back to the Littorina Sea period.

An especially protected nature area, “Kaltene Coastal Formations,” has been established in the Kaltene coastal zone because this geological and geomorphological natural monument is one of the few sections along the Gulf of Riga where an ancient abrasion coast existed during the Littorina Sea period. The natural monument area is significant not only from a geological and geomorphological perspective but also distinctive and interesting from a scenic, botanical, and ornithological point of view.